December 30, 2012, 7:00AM

Featured Flashbacks • Featured video: Broken light switch? It could be a fairly simple matter to replace it -- if no other switches or outlets share the same electrical box. Warning: Before doing or touching anything, turn off the power at the circuit breaker box or fuse box! • Watch more how-to home improvement videos! • Find links to hundreds of home... Full story »

January 22, 2012, 7:00AM

Featured Flashbacks Exercise machines are great for exercise. But I don't get my exercise from using them. I get my exercise largely from moving the exercise equipment. Our first piece of equipment was a "cheapskate's" exercise bike. To use it, you had to provide your own bicycle, mounting the rear axle on a small stand with a metal cylinder. As... Full story »

January 12, 2010, 11:04AM

The start of a new year inevitably means a boost in gym attendance, as people vow to break patterns of laziness and start exercising. But January's winter chill forces many people inside to local gyms and fitness clubs. Combine the newbies, armed with their newly formed resolutions, with the regular gym-goers who hole up inside during the cold months,... Full story »

December 29, 2009, 6:54AM

Views on New Year's resolutions are pretty polarized: you set them, or you don't. But there is a significant group of people who make resolutions, approaching the new year with an enthusiastic vigor for making change, and inevitably give them up. Maybe interest wanes, or there isn't enough time, or they forget they even made resolutions in the first place.... Full story »

February 06, 2008, 3:11PM

Feedback: What do you think about Flint Township's resolution that asks GM to "come back" home? FLINT TWP. -- Is this 1985 or what? Taking a page out of "Roger & Me," the Flint Township Board has unanimously passed a resolution urging General Motors to "Come Back Home. Come home to where it all began ... Come home to Flint,... Full story »

February 06, 2008, 2:50PM

Feedback: What do you think about Flint Township's plan to ask GM to "come back home?" Tell us in the comments area below. FLINT TWP. -- Is this 1985 or what? Taking a page out of "Roger & Me," the Flint Township Board has unanimously passed a resolution urging General Motors to "Come Back Home. Come home to where it... Full story »